• Resource centers set up to help residents affected by Southern California wildfires

    Resource centers set up to help residents affected by Southern California wildfires
    Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties announced resource centers to help residents affected by wildfires that tore through Southern California this month.
    For residents impacted by the Bridge and Line fires, officials in L.A. and San Bernardino counties will offer multiple joint resource centers offering services including information and assistance with insurance claims, property clean-up strategies and replacements for vital records. The centers can also help residents nav
  • Susan Shelley: Donald Trump has a mandate from the American people

    Susan Shelley: Donald Trump has a mandate from the American people
    President Joe Biden stepped to the microphone in the Rose Garden Thursday and told his assembled Cabinet and staff that he had spoken to President-elect Donald J. Trump and congratulated him on winning the election. “In a democracy, the will of the people always prevails,” Biden declared, promising a “peaceful and orderly transition” of power to the man he had compared to Adolf Hitler. “That’s what the American people deserve,” he said.
    For her part, Vic
  • Some beloved Southern California gardening nurseries are closing

    Some beloved Southern California gardening nurseries are closing
    I received an email from Mark Gleason, who gardens in Costa Mesa, with the picture of a gorgeous plant that goes by the name of purple spur flower or Cape lilac (Plectranthus ecklonii).  
    However, the email was tinged with sadness since it reports on the closing of a special nursery: “A little less than a year ago you wrote about Plectranthus ecklonii,” Gleason’s email began. “My next-door neighbor had just built an awful block wall that tore up my garden on tha
  • 2024 Election Results: What the latest results show in Orange County’s school board races

    2024 Election Results: What the latest results show in Orange County’s school board races
    Most Orange County school board incumbents are taking strong leads this year, according to vote tallies released by the county registrar Friday evening.
    But in some districts, including the Fullerton School District, early returns show incumbents struggling to retain their spots.
    Here’s a look at how Orange County’s school board races are looking as of the latest count on Friday evening. Votes are still being counted, so these early results may change. Continue to check back here for
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  • Larry Wilson: Zen and the need to not just be sunshine journalists

    Larry Wilson: Zen and the need to not just be sunshine journalists
    There was a little meme going around eight years ago this month: “Bad for the country. Bad for the planet. Good for art.”
    Obviously not good for art in the sense of Americans on the whole showing themselves to be in a collective mood to support “the arts,” or of being open to what art brings us: “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery,” the painter Francis Bacon wrote.
    Rather, that art thrives as rebellion in a time of close-mindedness, that the
  • Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Oct. 31-Nov. 7)

    Orange County restaurants shut down by health inspectors (Oct. 31-Nov. 7)
    Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Oct. 31 to Nov. 7.
    Cafe Du Soleil, 5028 Ball Road, CypressClosed: Nov. 6
    Reason: None provided
    Reopened: Nov. 7New Mandarin Garden, 111 W. Avenida Palizada, Suite 307, San ClementeClosed: Nov. 6
    Reason: Rodent infestationMulberry St. Ristorante, 114 W. Wilshire Ave., FullertonClosed: Nov. 6
    Reason: Cockroach infestation
    Reopened: Nov. 7Kitchen at Hotel Lulu, 1850 S. Harbor Blvd., Ana
  • Column: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour just played its last US concert in Indy. Here are 5 ways it will change concert tours forever.

    Column: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour just played its last US concert in Indy. Here are 5 ways it will change concert tours forever.
    INDIANAPOLIS — The end of Eras is upon us.
    This won’t be the last time you hear that over the next few weeks. Taylor Swift played the final United States show on her ultra-mega-blockbuster Eras tour last weekend in Indiana. After a year and a half of concerts and almost 150 dates (including three sold-out nights at Soldier Field in Chicago), the tour concludes in Vancouver on Dec. 8.
    And though you’ve likely had a lifetime fill of Taylor Swift since Eras began in 2023 — o
  • Recipe: Shakshuka breakfast sandwich from TikTok’s Owen Han

    Recipe: Shakshuka breakfast sandwich from TikTok’s Owen Han
    Owen Han is an L.A.-based chef and content creator whose TikTok videos about making sandwiches routinely get millions of views — thus proving the power of this deceptively simple meal. (Check him out at tiktok.com/@owen.han, and read our interview with Han here.)
    For this recipe, included in his new cookbook “Stacked: The Art of the Perfect Sandwich,” Han transforms the classic brunch dish, shakshuka, into a supremely satisfying breakfast sandwich. Shakshuka is “quite sim
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  • 5 questions with Owen Han, TikTok’s King of Sandwiches

    5 questions with Owen Han, TikTok’s King of Sandwiches
    Can you ever say that a sandwich you’ve made was loved by literally millions of people? Owen Han can. His 38-second video for making a butter-chicken sandwich has, despite having no spoken words at all, racked up nearly 60 million views on TikTok – that’s more than the entire population of Italy.
    Han is an Los Angeles-based chef and content creator known on social media as the “King of Sandwiches.” It’s a crown that fits: Since becoming a “sandwich influ
  • A quick return to school and light exercise may help kids recover from concussions

    A quick return to school and light exercise may help kids recover from concussions
    By Kate Ruder, KFF Health News
    During cheerleading practice in April, Jana Duey’s sixth-grade daughter, Karter, sustained a concussion when she fell several feet headfirst onto a gym floor mat. Days after, Karter still had a headache, dizziness, and sensitivity to light and noise.
    Karter rested for a week and a half at home in Centennial, Colorado, then returned to school when her concussion symptoms were tolerable — initially for just half-days and with accommodations allowing her t
  • Donald Trump is winning the Inland Empire – the first Republican to do so since 2004

    Donald Trump is winning the Inland Empire – the first Republican to do so since 2004
    Donald Trump’s return to the White House might be especially historic for the Inland Empire.
    While he lost California to Vice President Kamala Harris, election results showed Trump leading the vice president 49.35% to 48.37% in Riverside County and 51.17% to 46.43% in San Bernardino County as of Friday evening, Nov. 8.
    Those numbers could change with hundreds of thousands of ballots remaining to be counted in both counties. But if they hold, Trump would be the first GOP presidential nomine
  • OCVarsity football wrap-up: Friday’s stories, scores and photos from first round of playoffs

    OCVarsity football wrap-up: Friday’s stories, scores and photos from first round of playoffs
    All of OCVarsity’s high school football stories, scores, photos and more from the playoff games Friday, Nov. 8.
    FRIDAY’S GAMES
    SCORES
    High school football: All of the scores from the first round of the playoffs FridayPHOTOS & VIDEO
    High school football: Top photos from first round of the playoffs Friday, Nov. 8High school football: Video recap, highlights from Friday’s playoff gamesGAME STORIES
    Huntington Beach football defeats Western in high-scoring playoff openerSanta Ma
  • Joseph Harper leaves his mark on Northwood football’s playoff win over Ayala

    Joseph Harper leaves his mark on Northwood football’s playoff win over Ayala
    IRVINE — He was the man on offense. The man on defense. The man on special teams. Joseph Harper was Mr. Everywhere on Friday night as he led Northwood to a decisive 34-20 victory over Ayala in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 6 playoffs.
    With their victory, the Timberwolves (9-2) will play on the road in the quarterfinals against fourth-seeded Murrieta Mesa, a 42-0 winner over Ontario Christian.
    Ayala finished 2-9, with nine consecutive losses, after a brutal schedule t
  • Los Alamitos football uses strong finish to beat Leuzinger in CIF-SS playoffs

    Los Alamitos football uses strong finish to beat Leuzinger in CIF-SS playoffs
    LOS ALAMITOS — After one half of play, the Los Alamitos football team led by two touchdowns, but that lead became a one-point deficit late in the fourth quarter.
    Griffins quarterback Alonzo Esparza found Tron Baker for a check-down pass that Baker took 42 yards to the end zone and Jerod Terry added an insurance score as Los Alamitos beat Leuzinger 36-22 on Friday night in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs.
    The Griffins (6-5), who qualified for the postseason as an at-large
  • Pacifica football scores late TD to top La Cañada in CIF-SS playoffs

    Pacifica football scores late TD to top La Cañada in CIF-SS playoffs
    GARDEN GROVE – James Anema’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Addison Adams with less than a minute left in the game gave Pacifica a 7-3 victory over La Cañada on Friday in the CIF-SS playoffs, and redeemed a legendary defensive effort by the Mariners.
    The Mariners (6-5) held La Cañada (8-3) to three points and 158 yards of total offense and intercepted three passes, but had nothing to show for it until Anema’s pass hit Adams just inside the goal line for a touchdown with
  • La Habra football wins battle with Mira Costa to begin Division 3 playoffs

    La Habra football wins battle with Mira Costa to begin Division 3 playoffs
    LA HABRA — The La Habra football team found itself living on the edge throughout its CIF-SS Division 3 opening-round playoff game against Mira Costa on Friday at La Habra High School.
    La Habra scored three of its four touchdowns on fourth-down plays and converted a critical fourth down late in the game, which allowed the Highlanders to run out the clock and escape with a 27-24 victory over the Mustangs.
    Mira Costa’s center back Matteo DeRenzis (6) defends La Habra’s running bac
  • Mayfair football turns away Trabuco Hills with defensive stand in final seconds

    Mayfair football turns away Trabuco Hills with defensive stand in final seconds
    BELLFLOWER – Mayfair’s defense came up with a fourth-down stop near the goal line in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to hold on and defeat Trabuco Hills 37-30 in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 5 football playoffs on Friday night.
    Afterward, Mayfair quarterback Jeremiah Calvin said what was going through his mind before the ball was snapped on the fourth-down play.
    “I was just praying, to be honest, I was praying,” Calvin said with a smile.
  • La Serna returns to championship form in victory over Troy to advance in the Division 5 playoffs

    La Serna returns to championship form in victory over Troy to advance in the Division 5 playoffs
    WHITTIER – Balanced scoring and a stingy defense gave La Serna High School all it needed to open the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs with a victory after winning the CIF-SS Division 4 title and state championship in 2023.
    The Lancers (8-3) received touchdowns from four different players in a 28-7 first-round win over visiting Troy Friday night at Cal high.
    With the win, the Lancers will host Rio Mesa (7-4) of Oxnard, a 21-18 winner over Ventura, next Friday in the quarterfinals.
    L
  • La Serna football overpowers Troy to advance in CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs

    La Serna football overpowers Troy to advance in CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs
    WHITTIER – Balanced scoring and a stingy defense gave La Serna High School all it needed to open the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs with a victory after winning the CIF-SS Division 4 title and state championship in 2023.
    The Lancers (8-3) received touchdowns from four different players in a 28-7 first-round win over visiting Troy Friday night at California High School.
    With the win, the Lancers will host Rio Mesa (7-4) of Oxnard, a 21-18 winner over Ventura, next Friday in the qu
  • Weston Reis helps Palos Verdes football hold on for overtime win over Brea Olinda

    Weston Reis helps Palos Verdes football hold on for overtime win over Brea Olinda
    TORRANCE — Freshman Weston Reis waited two seconds.
    Then pounced on a monumental moment.
    Reis sacked Brea Olinda quarterback Cullen Doyle on a delayed blitz on the final play in overtime to help second-seeded Palos Verdes secure a 16-10 victory over previously unbeaten Brea Olinda to open the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs on Friday night at South Torrance High.
    “I wasn’t perfect the entire game,” Reis said. “It took me some time to adjust to what they wer
  • Keep butter perfectly melted with these top butter warmers

    Keep butter perfectly melted with these top butter warmers
    Which butter warmers are best?
    One of the most versatile and common ingredients in the kitchen, butter is so delicious that it can be used as a dipping sauce without any other ingredients being added. It has to be melted and kept warm to fully enjoy, however, which is where the usage of an excellent butter warmer comes in.
    What to know before you buy butter warmers
    Why a butter warmer?
    Butter warmers have many benefits that tend to make them better than, say, using a microwave. Chief among them
  • Sierra Canyon football knocks off Servite in Division 1 playoff opener

    Sierra Canyon football knocks off Servite in Division 1 playoff opener
    CHATSWORTH – The Sierra Canyon football team came into the Division 1 first-round matchup against Servite with an 0-3 record against Trinity League teams this season. Sierra Canyon ended that streak Friday night with a 38-14 victory in a performance in which the team emphasized physical play.
    Sierra Canyon moves on to the quarterfinals to take on the state’s top-ranked team in Mater Dei next week, a rematch of last year’s Division 1 semifinals.
    “Their game plan was to imp
  • Capistrano Valley football unable to stop Seth Shigg, Culver City in first round of playoffs

    Capistrano Valley football unable to stop Seth Shigg, Culver City in first round of playoffs
    MISSION VIEJO — Capistrano Valley’s season came to end Friday at the hands of Culver City in a 38-25 loss in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 4 football playoffs at Capistrano Valley High.
    Capo Valley (8-3) was the second-place representative from the Delta League and is ranked No. 16 in the Register’s Top 25 poll.
    The Cougars had a six-game winning streak this season and played Tustin in a league championship game last week. Capo Valley lost to Culver City in the second
  • No. 22 UCLA men’s basketball can’t hang with New Mexico

    No. 22 UCLA men’s basketball can’t hang with New Mexico
    HENDERSON, Nev. — Donovan Dent had 17 points and eight assists, Nelly Junior Joseph added 16 points and 12 rebounds for his 45th career double-double, and New Mexico beat No. 22 UCLA 72-64 on Friday night in the Las Vegas Hoopfest.
    Tyler Bilodeau, a transfer from Oregon State, had 23 points and 15 rebounds for UCLA (1-1), which opened its season with an 85-50 win over Rider on Monday.
    It was New Mexico’s first win against a ranked team in nonconference play since beating current UCLA
  • Festive Christmas stocking hangers to deck out your mantel

    Festive Christmas stocking hangers to deck out your mantel
    Which Christmas stocking hanger is best?
    As you prepare to decorate for Christmas, it is important to have a secure way to hold and display your Christmas stockings. No matter your family size, the right Christmas stocking hangers for the mantel, fireplace and other surfaces can add a special touch to your seasonal decor.
    The Northlight Set of Two Santa and Reindeer Glittered Christmas Stocking Holders is a great choice for any family’s mantel. Created to be an ornate decoration for your h
  • Norman Powell’s first career double-double leads Clippers past Kings

    Norman Powell’s first career double-double leads Clippers past Kings
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Norman Powell posted his first career double-double with 31 points and 12 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Sacramento Kings 107-98 on Friday night for their third consecutive win.
    James Harden added 22 points for the Clippers, who led nearly the entire way. They took a 78-73 lead into the fourth quarter and began the period with a 16-5 run.
    Kevin Porter Jr. scored nine points in the fourth and Los Angeles withstood a late push by the Kings, who cut the d
  • Huntington Beach football defeats Western in high-scoring playoff opener

    Huntington Beach football defeats Western in high-scoring playoff opener
    Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowHUNTINGTON BEACH — Huntington Beach and Western faced off Friday in the CIF-SS Division 5 football playoffs as the No. 1 and No. 16 seeds, respectively. The first-round matchup, however, appeared much tighter than those positions suggested.
    The Oilers and Pioneers entered ranked 20th and 24th, respectively, in Orange County. They also both featured dynamic offensive players at quarterback and wide r
  • High school football: Early look at the scores from Friday’s playoff games

    High school football: Early look at the scores from Friday’s playoff games
    Here is an early look at the scores from the CIF-SS and L.A. City football playoff games Friday, Nov. 8.
    Check back later tonight for our complete list of scores.
    CIF-SS PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND
    Servite 38, Sierra Canyon 14
    Santa Margarita 59, Inglewood 26
    DIVISION 2
    Los Alamitos 36, Leuzinger 22
    Oaks Christian 30, Oak Hills 26
    San Juan Hills 34, Beaumont 0
    Serra 28, Downey 7
    Yorba Linda at Chaparral
    San Clemente 42, Damien 7
    DIVISION 3
    Simi Valley 49, Notre Dame 47
    La Habra 27, Mira Costa 24
    Crean
  • Mateusz Bogusz leads LAFC into MLS conference semifinal

    Mateusz Bogusz leads LAFC into MLS conference semifinal
    LOS ANGELES — Play Mateusz Bogusz wherever you like.
    This season Steve Cherundolo has and the Los Angeles Football Club repeatedly reaps the rewards.
    The 23-year-old Polish attacker again proved his considerable worth to LAFC, delivering the game-winning goal Friday to clinch a best-of-3 first-round MLS Cup playoff series over the Vancouver Whitecaps at BMO Stadium.
    Bogusz’s career-high 20th goal in all competitions broke a tightly contested scoreless tie in the 62nd minute.
    LAFC mai
  • Santa Margarita football races past Inglewood to begin CIF-SS playoffs with lopsided win

    Santa Margarita football races past Inglewood to begin CIF-SS playoffs with lopsided win
    MISSION VIEJO – Santa Margarita’s offense finally got into gear the last two weeks of the regular season.
    It went into overdrive Friday.
    Santa Margarita roared past previously-undefeated Inglewood 59-26 in a CIF Southern Section Division 1 first-round playoff game at Trabuco Hills High.
    Santa Margarita quarterback John Gazzaniga throws the ball during a first round CIF-SS Division 1 playoff game against Inglewood on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photogra

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